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BLUE LIGHT WAKE lyrics
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Intro
Blue light wake... Blue light wake...
Verse 1
Two o'clock, still in the black dress, mascara on the cotton Thumb on the glass, open the app, your face at the bottom Last post was eleven days ago, just a Tuesday selfie Blue lipstick, one word caption, smiley emoji empty Now it sounds like the note you left, but it's really just a Tuesday Twelve people loved it, I loved it twice, I don't know what I say
Pre-chorus
Two o'clock, nobody's up Two o'clock, the glass is a cup Full of blue light, blue light
Chorus
It's 2 AM and I'm still scrolling 2 AM and the blinds still open Your last post from eleven days ago I keep refreshing like you'd know Blue light wake, blue light wake Holding a person in a phone I can't break Blue light wake, blue light wake I keep refreshing like you'd know
Verse 2
2:47, I'm back in 2019, your birthday Green dress, gold balloons, I typed "don't change you" the same day The comments thread is ours, every reply is evidence I screenshot every one, I'm building out a sentence I don't recognize the girl who typed those little hearts She sounds happy in the archive, I can't remember where I forgot
Pre-chorus
Three o'clock, nobody's near Three o'clock, the glass is a mirror Full of blue light, blue light
Chorus
It's 3 AM and I'm still scrolling 3 AM and the blinds still open Your last post from eleven days ago I keep refreshing like you'd know Blue light wake, blue light wake Holding a person in a phone I can't break Blue light wake, blue light wake I keep refreshing like you'd know
Verse 3
3:15, I found the video, both of us laughing At something you said in a kitchen I can't go back in The sound of your voice in an apartment this silent Hits like a siren on Bird Road, wet and violent I flip the phone face-down, I count forty seconds exact Then I press play again, 'cause the loop is the only thing left intact
Bridge
I'm typing a comment under the last thing you posted I type hey I miss you, I can't sleep, I can't host it Delete. Type again. Delete. The cursor is a heartbeat I don't know how to keep And I realize what I'm doing, and my thumb just goes numb I'm having a conversation with an archive Nobody's home and the tab stays alive
Verse 4
3:38, the screen is a graveyard with Wi-Fi Every photo is a door I'm too tired to deny Save it for who? I'm the only one left in the room The archive is mine now, and the silence is the bloom Your mom commented "love forever" with a broken heart emoji Three people replied, I read it twice, I feel the room go low-key
Verse 5
4 AM, dawn light bleeding through the plastic blinds Funeral dress still on, eyeliner dried on the lines I lock the phone, the screen goes black, and I see my face Same clothes, same hour, same girl holding a space Where a person used to be, now it's just a slideshow 6.1 inches of glass, and a Wi-Fi echo
Chorus
It's 4 AM and I'm still scrolling 4 AM and the sun is coming Your last post from eleven days ago I keep refreshing like you'd know Blue light wake, blue light wake Holding a person in a phone I can't break Blue light wake, blue light wake I keep refreshing like you'd know
Outro
Eleven days ago... You were just a Tuesday... Blue light wake Blue light wake I keep refreshing like you'd know
Inside the recording
Blue light wake... Blue light wake...
Two o'clock, nobody's up Two o'clock, the glass is a cup
Eleven days ago... You were just a Tuesday...
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